File this under “not good.” This is Zimbabwe » Blog Archive » New consignment of arms to be flown in; apparently due to arrive within the next week
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The problem is being discussed at the highest levels of the UN and the African Union… it’s being solved by ordinary Africans who’re in a position to say “no can do.” In multiple African countries! Angola to bar Zim bound weapons of “mass destruction”
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posted via an iPhone plugin…does not have links or asides or ability to add HTML yet.
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Via guest blogger Seattle Dan at the General’s place, who noted that Seattle P-I photog Mike Urban has mad photo skillz: And now a word about the joys of photographing concerts…
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I hope the news is premature. Al Barsa, Jr.
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Such a platitude: “The suspense is killing me.” In Zimbabwe, the suspense is killing democracy: the Zimbabwe Election Commission has been slowly announcing results in a piecemeal fashion, with suspiciously neck-and-neck results when the numbers posted outside every polling station previously seemed to presage a much bigger majority for the opposition party (or parties, as there’s a split). Mugabe must go someday. But when? Now it appears that he’s started a “crackdown.” The suspense could be killing people for real, very soon. This is Zimbabwe
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Just wondering. Would ex-Bishop Kunonga give back his farm, which was a “gift” from Mugabe? Probabl not. VOA News – Would White Farmers Return to a Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe? On the whole, those big commercial farms that were run by white Zimbabweans and owned by white Zimbabweans are now in the hands of Mugabe’s cronies,†she says.
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Episcopal Life Online – WORLD REPORT Take a quick read over the pastoral letter from the Church of Nigeria regarding things like GAFCON, the mysterious financing of same, polygamy in Nigeria and so on. It appears that it wasn’t edited with care… and ELO posted it verbatim. Bishop Minns apparently wasn’t available to do a little proofreading on his trusty laptop.
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The FundamentaList | The American Prospect has a great round-up this week on Huckabee’s Bapti-costalism, McCain’s uneasy and unholy attempts to get all huggy-bear with the Religious Right, and Rod Parsley’s belief that Satan’s been running things in America since at least the New Deal. Oh, and that tolerance and inclusivity are signs of the Beast. Great.
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The different styles of showering as practiced by women and men, according to The World of Doorman-Priest: How to Shower